JSCMU-Chapter 69: Is This What You Call Taking Good Care of It?! Even Dark Circles Showed Up!

The next day.

Yun Jin stretched lazily, full of energy.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment, the need for sleep wasn’t that great. Most cultivators were used to replacing sleep with meditation.

But Yun Jin really enjoyed the feeling of sleeping, and slept for several hours every day.

Because Yun Jin was always pulling strange stunts, her room was specially set up by Lin Ya with a soundproof and light-isolating barrier.

While she didn’t hear anything while inside the room, the moment she stepped out, she heard Gun Gun’s energetic howling.

The little Iron-Eating Beast was currently riding on Gu Jinghong like a horse, howling excitedly as he rode.

In contrast, Gu Jinghong was exuding a hopeless aura of “I’m done, I’m exhausted” from head to toe, no one knew what kind of torment he suffered.

Yun Jin watched for a moment, then frowned unhappily.

She immediately walked over.

“Gun Gun.”

The little Iron-Eating Beast was having fun, but when he saw Yun Jin’s serious expression, he got a bit nervous, “Master, I just…”

“Just what?” Yun Jin looked disappointed. “You’re still a little kid, sleep is very important for kids!”

Not understanding what she meant, Gun Gun tilted his head with a confused expression.

Yun Jin glared at Gu Jinghong: “I told you to take good care of him! Is this what you call taking good care of it? Let me ask you, did you make sure he got proper rest last night?”

Gu Jinghong pressed his lips together: “I…”

“I what?!” Yun Jin snapped, somewhat overbearingly. “I don’t want to hear your nonsense. Just answer me. How did he end up with dark circles after just one night?!”

Gu Jinghong: “???? The Iron-Eating Beast naturally has…”

“Has what?” Yun Jin roared, “You’re still trying to argue!”

She directly activated the punishment from the contract.

Gu Jinghong bit his lip in pain, trembling all over, and said with difficulty, “I… I was wrong.”

Only then did Yun Jin reluctantly stop.

The little Iron-Eating Beast’s eyes sparkled with admiration.

Whoa?

There was actually someone even more unreasonable than him?

This master! He definitely picked the right one!

Seeing Gun Gun’s gaze full of worship, Yun Jin was worried it would pick up bad habits, so she said, “You remember how so many spirit beasts went into a frenzy and got injured? It was because he put Beast-Luring Powder into your food! So I’m being unreasonable to punish him. But if it’s toward others, you still need to be polite. Understand?”

Gu Jinghong: “…”

So you knew you were being unreasonable?

Gun Gun’s eyes widened.

It looked angrily at Gu Jinghong.

So it was him!

All those spirit beasts getting hurt was because of this human!

He almost got misunderstood by everyone because of this guy!

He’s a bad guy! A big bad guy!

Looks like he didn’t torment him enough.

Gun Gun’s eyes swirled with ideas, clearly scheming something.

Yun Jin didn’t bother with it and said, “I’m heading out later, but before I go, I want to assign you a few tasks.”

Tasks?

Gun Gun immediately covered its ears with its paws.

He only wants to play, not to do tasks!

Yun Jin directly pried its paws away and said seriously, “I, your master, is going to stand at the peak in the future. If you fall too far behind, I’ll still spoil you and keep you, but when the time to fight comes, you won’t be able to stand by my side. Gun Gun, think carefully. Do you want to stay as a little pet, or do you want to fight alongside me? If you choose to be a pet, then I won’t assign you tasks anymore. But if you want to get stronger, I’ll keep training you and help you grow stronger. Didn’t you care a lot about your previous master abandoning you? Once you’re strong, he’ll regret it deeply. Otherwise, he’ll only feel that abandoning you was the right decision.”

Gun Gun was still just a child, playful and fond of pranks, and his mindset wasn’t stable yet.

Yun Jin wanted to first see what he really wanted.

She planned to raise him into a divine-grade battle beast, but if he didn’t want it himself, she wouldn’t force him.

Gun Gun’s eyes darted around, but when he heard about his previous master, he gritted his teeth, “I want to train!”

He had to make his previous master regret it!

Yun Jin saw through Gun Gun’s thoughts. Although the motivation to grow stronger wasn’t exactly pure, he was just a child. As long as it served as guidance, that was good enough.

Yun Jin smiled: “Good, then let’s train! Once you’ve mastered your skills, I’ll take you to see him. When the time comes, you’ll say to him: ‘Back then, you ignored me, but now I’m out of your league!’”

Gun Gun’s eyes lit up.

Back then, you ignored me.

Now I’m out of your league.

This line!

Good!

Too good!

It perfectly captured the journey of its emotional growth!

“Master, I want to start training right now.” Gun Gun jumped off Gu Jinghong’s back, suddenly becoming anxious.

“Very good,” Yun Jin said. “You currently have two basic skills: ‘Charge’ and ‘Roar.’ I have a chant here that can help spirit beasts learn skills faster. Wait for me to teach it to you, then recite it as you practice.”

A chant?

And it could speed up skill learning?

Gu Jinghong, standing nearby, couldn’t help but show a mocking expression.

Skills that aided spirit beasts were mostly held by the Beast-Taming Sect and its affiliated sects. Tianxing Sect doesn’t have that kind of secret technique.

This Yun Jin was probably making it up.

But Gun Gun didn’t know that. It nodded seriously, ready to listen to the chant.

Yun Jin took a deep breath and recited in a calm voice: “One times one is one, one times two is two…”

Gun Gun: “???”

This chant seemed a bit different from what it had imagined.

Yun Jin quickly recited all the way to “nine times nine is eighty-one.”

“All right, that’s the chant. Did you memorize it?” Yun Jin asked.

Gun Gun blankly shook its head.

Yun Jin took out a sound-recording stone and put it on loop: “Listen a few more times. Once you’ve memorized it, you can start.”

Gun Gun didn’t think much of it and earnestly began learning.

Gu Jinghong couldn’t help but feel amused.

This Yun Jin was clearly tricking a child, right?

That chant absolutely had nothing to do with cultivation.

If this could really help an Iron-Eating Beast learn skills faster…

He might as well commit suicide.

Gun Gun quickly memorized the chant.

Yun Jin was very satisfied: “Let’s first practice ‘Charge.’ The first step is to crash into trees! When practicing this skill, remember to chant the formula as you crash. After doing this a hundred times, you’ll notice everything will be different!”

“Yes!” Gun Gun answered without hesitation. That chant sounded amazing, he couldn’t wait to try it.

Yun Jin said, “I’ll teach you how to train ‘Roar’ when I come back. For today, just focus on ‘Charge.’ Understand?”

“Understood!” Gun Gun fixed its eyes on a tree, already prepared to charge.

“Take good care of Gun Gun! If he ends up with dark circles again, I’ll skin you alive,” Yun Jin said sternly to Gu Jinghong.

Gu Jinghong: “…”

You might as well just do it now.

But he didn’t dare say anything, he could only respond numbly.

Yun Jin watched the Iron-Eating Beast practice for a while. When Yue Zhao arrived, she left with him.

Gu Jinghong continued to supervise.

“One times one is one!” Gun Gun shouted as it crashed into the tree.

Ow.

That hurt a bit.

Not a big deal, let’s keep going!

“Two times two is four!” Another charge, this time the tree trembled violently.

Gu Jinghong couldn’t help but sneer in his heart. Only a young spirit beast would believe such nonsense.